"I'm just afraid if I re-arranged his face I might fix it," Newman said with a laugh during his weekly spot on SiriusXM Radio's NASCAR Channel. "He's frustrated finishing third or wherever he was after hitting me first and then getting a little rub down the straightaway. Just imagine how I feel. It is what it is.

"We know that he's not very bright. He's a heck of a talent but he's not very bright. And I'll leave it at that."

Busch singled out Newman for aggressive driving during Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 301 after Newman and Busch's older brother, Kurt, were involved in a lap 226 crash that also included Matt Kenseth. Kurt Busch thought he lost control after getting hit in the rear by Kenseth, who faulted Busch for the incident.

"I really hated that Kurt got tore up," Kyle Busch said after finishing second. "I felt like he had the best car. And was proud of them guys but, man, just stupidity. I mean Ryan Newman's the biggest stupid idiot out here, and he's a big ogre and can do whatever he wants because he can probably kick anybody's butt. So no sense in getting in a fight with him, but glad he's out of a job."

Newman indicated Monday that he and Kyle Busch had traded bumps earlier in the race.

"I thought Kurt and Matt and my incident was strictly a racing incident," he said. "I admit to (hitting) Kyle down the straightway after he blasted me into the corner. I didn't crash him. He didn't crash me. I don't know what he's got to be mad about. Evidently he's got a bone to pick for some reason."

Newman, who is losing his ride with Stewart-Haas Racing after the season, said Sunday that "what comes around goes around. I didn't expect to get hit, but I remember who hit me." He didn't seem to be backing away from that Monday, hinting at retribution against Busch.

"After his comment about me not having a ride, it seems like he has way more to lose than I do," Newman said. "If he's going to run his mouth, he better be able to back up running his mouth.''